GLASGOW — Information posted on the Rolling Stones’ Web site can be translated into eight languages. The band’s bio says it’s not hard to over estimate the Stones’ importance in rock and roll history.

Led Zeppelin’s Web site features Polaroid-type photos of the band from 1968 to 1980.

ZZ Top’s Web site has a headline that reads “ZZ Top Meet with the Prime Minister of Macedonia.”

WillowShade’s Web page on MySpace.com doesn’t have any headlines about the band meeting high ranking government officials, nor is it translated in any other language. It does feature photos of some of the band’s members, a concert schedule, a bio that says the band has “set a goal to make and play rock’ n’ roll till' they throw us in the dirt,” and a brief history of the band.

The local band hopes to make it big one day and is working hard to achieve that goal.

WillowShade will perform a benefit concert for Toys for Tots along with The Kentucky HeadHunters and Black Stone Cherry on Nov. 28 at the Cave City Convention Center.

In the meantime, the band is recording demos to show record companies in hopes of landing a recording contract within the next year.

“We’re just trying to write a lot of music right now that way we will have a lot to offer when we bring it to the table when the day comes,” said Corban Burke, drummer.

WillowShade has many influences from ZZ Top to Led Zeppelin to Jimmy Page to The Kentucky HeadHunters, but its members say their sound is all original.

“We don’t try to sound like anybody else, because we don’t try to be associated really with anybody as far as sound,” Burke said. ‘It’s just listening to what we did when we were young and just taking it and just trying to collaborate with it.”

The band’s members refer to themselves as musicians.

“There’s a difference between bands who play songs and those who are musicians and play songs,” said singer Nick Miller. “A lot of the pop bands that came out in the ‘80s weren’t really good musicians, but they had good songs. We try to make it a little bit of both for everybody — have good songs and have good dynamics.”

Anthony Thomas, rhythm and lead guitarist, said the band tries to “keep it old school” and stay with the “old classic rock scene.”

WillowShade formed in 2007 when two bands came together to form one.

“I love talking about this,” Burke said.

Thomas was in a band with bass guitarist Tyler Robertson. Their band played a show with Burke and rhythm guitarist Christian Tumamao’s band. Miller said he and Robertson realized that they weren’t great musicians, but knew they were better than other members of their band.

“We watched Corban’s band play and we just thought Corban and Christian were just great,” Thomas said. “The thing was we needed a better drummer and another guitar player. We watched them and we were like ‘Man, Corban and Christian are bad.’ The funny thing about them is their singer and bass player stood out from everybody and it was like they shined. Tyler and I looked at each other and said, ‘What if we played in a band with those two?’”

The group got together and jammed and knew from the beginning it was meant to be.

“It was almost like instant chemistry really,” Burke said.

The first song the band wrote was “Shining.” It was the first song the band wrote from beginning to end, but members say they no longer play it.

“It was like the first thing we threw together. It was like who has a riff, and who has this and who has that? We just threw a whole bunch of garbage into a trash can and shook it up and down and called it a song,” Miller said. “We worked with it for a while, but at the time we thought it was just awesome.”

Since then the band has been working to perfect its music and has recently recorded a few songs with Dave Barrick at his recording studio in Glasgow with hopes of presenting the songs to record label officials.

“When you’ve got better material and it sounds good, really good quality, it helps out,” Burke said. “People are going to say ‘Hey, they are serious about what they do. They are not some little garage band. We want to do this for the rest of our lives. I think that’s what we’re all shooting for. I think it will happen.”

Check out WillowShade on MySpace.com/willowshademusic